2016 Tennessee Nonprofit Compensation Survey Results

By Elle Benson on July 26, 2017

The long awaited Watkins Uiberall 2016 Tennessee Nonprofit Compensation Survey results have been released! If you are an ABN Member, log in your account and access the survey through the ABN Resource Library under the “Human Resources” section.

The purpose of this report is to pr­ovide nonprofit leaders with comparability data that can be used in the process of determining reasonable compensation. ABN and East Tennessee Foundation were two of the five supporting organizations that helped to gather the data for this survey.

In the report, Watkins Uiberall has presented the following:

A description of the survey respondents (geography, field of work, and budget size)

Summaries and graphs of the reported data (leadership, staffing practices, benefits, and compensation)

71% of organizations use between 1 and 10 contractors to perform services each year

The most common services performed by independent contractors include:

Bookkeeping (63%)

Payroll (37%)

Fundraising (24%)

Grant Writing (24%)

Management Consulting (16%)

Marketing (16%)

Program Evaluation (11%)

Executive Coaching (5%)

We hope you find this information useful for your organization! For more helpful resources, check out the online ABN Resource Library.

Elle Benson is the Director of Capacity Building for ABN. She is originally from Denver, Colorado and came to Tennessee via UT Knoxville where she graduated from the College of Business. She recently completed her MBA in Leadership at Tiffin University. Before joining ABN, Benson served as Marketing Supervisor for LBMC, PC and was the Director of Operations for the YWCA Knoxville. She is the past President of Young Professionals of Knoxville (YPK) and served as the Curriculum Chair for the Inaugural YPK Leadership Certificate program. Benson serves on the board for the Friends of Literacy, Knoxville Marketing Association and the United Way Young Leaders Society.